The Territory Development Representative is a front-end Nationwide Financial sales role focused on outbound advisor development. The person goes through strong paid training, earns licenses, and then becomes one of the first points of contact for financial professionals. Success comes from high outreach activity, strong discovery skills, and the ability to qualify interest and hand opportunities to the right internal wholesaling team. The best candidates tend to come from inside sales, financial services, insurance, banking, or other high-volume consultative outreach environments.”
Licensing Requirements:
SIE
Series 6
Series 63
Key Objectives for this role:
Understand the makeup of each advisor’s book of business
Gauge their interest in offering Nationwide Financial products
Schedule 15-minute introductory meetings between the advisor and the appropriate line-of-business internal wholesaler (incentivized activity)
Key Performance Indicators:
Daily call and email activity
Number of meetings scheduled between advisors and internal wholesalers
This position will be hired on a Success Flex basis.
The hired associate must reside within 35 miles of the following location(s):
Grandview: 1000 Yard Street Grandview OH, 43215
Work schedule: 3 days in office, 2 days remote.
This role does not qualify for employer-sponsored work authorization. Nationwide does not participate in the Stem OPT Extension program.
Compensation Band: E.SD55
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Job Description Summary
Are you interested in launching a career in financial services sales? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, high-activity environment where your ability to engage quickly and communicate value can open doors for an entire sales organization? If you're a motivated self-starter who can efficiently assess a financial professional's needs and connect them to the right solution — we want to hear from you!As a Sr. Analyst, Territory Development Representative (TDR), you'll complete a 3-month paid in-house training program covering Nationwide's full product portfolio across Life Insurance, Annuities, Retirement Services, and Mutual Funds/ETFs. Once licensed, you'll serve as the front line of Nationwide's wholesaling engine — engaging prospective financial professionals, identifying product fit, and qualifying and transitioning interested advisors to the appropriate internal wholesaling teams for deeper consultation.
This is a high-volume, outbound role. You will be one of the first voices a financial professional hears from Nationwide, and your success is measured by your ability to generate qualified interest and execute smooth, timely handoffs.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
Conducts outbound outreach to prospective financial professionals across targeted territory lists, introducing Nationwide's product lines — Life Insurance, Long-Term Care, Annuities (FIA, MYGA, VA), Retirement Plan Services, and Mutual Funds/ETFs.
Quickly assesses advisor business focus, client demographics, and product interest to determine which Nationwide line of business is the most relevant fit.
Qualifies advisor leads and executes timely, well-documented handoffs to the appropriate Regional Internal Consultant (RIC) or internal wholesaling team for follow-up and deeper product engagement.
Maintains accurate and up-to-date activity records, lead dispositions, and pipeline notes within our Salesforce CRM to ensure seamless transitions to downstream wholesaling teams.
Partners with RICs and potentially Regional Vice Presidents (RVPs) across multiple lines of business to align outreach priorities and territory coverage strategies.
Achieves scorecard metrics including outbound activity volume, lead qualification rate, handoff quality, product knowledge benchmarks, and professional development goals.
Provides territory coverage support in the absence of a RIC as needed.
May perform other responsibilities as assigned.
Reporting Relationships: Reports to Manager or Director.
Typical Skills and Experiences:
Education: Undergraduate degree in finance, sales, business, marketing, or a related field preferred.
License/Certification/Designation: Successful completion of in-house training program; FINRA SIE, Series 6, Series 63, and State Life/Annuity Insurance Agent licenses required within 120 days of hire.
Experience: Relevant sales, financial services, or customer-facing experience preferred. Prior experience in a high-volume outbound or lead generation role is a plus.
Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Ability to quickly build credibility in a single conversation and communicate product value concisely. Strong active listening and needs-identification skills. Comfort operating in a high-activity, metric-driven environment. Ability to triage advisor interest across multiple product lines and route appropriately. Organized, process-oriented, and receptive to coaching. Excellent verbal communication skills and professional presence. Ability to manage multiple priorities and maintain CRM discipline.
Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.
Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and Human Resource Business Partner.
Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values.
Job Conditions:
Overtime Eligibility: Non-exempt (Eligible)
Working Conditions: Normal office environment. Minimum travel required.
ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.
Benefits
We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.
Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.
NOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES:
We value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. Nationwide does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. All resumes submitted by employment agencies directly to any Nationwide employee or hiring manager in any form without a signed Nationwide Client Services Agreement on file and search engagement for that position will be deemed unsolicited in nature. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is subsequently hired as a result of the referral or through other means.
Nationwide pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement within the actual starting salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. If a Sales job, Sales Incentives, based on performance goals are possible in addition to this range. Note on Compensation for Part-Time Roles: Please be aware that the salary ranges listed below reflect full-time compensation. Actual compensation may be prorated based on the number of hours worked relative to a full-time schedule.The national salary range for Sr Analyst, Territory Development - Multi-Line : $46,345.00-$82,000.00The expected starting salary range for Sr Analyst, Territory Development - Multi-Line : $46,345.00 - $66,000.00Skills Required
- FINRA SIE license
- FINRA Series 6 license
- FINRA Series 63 license
- State Life/Annuity Insurance Agent license(s) obtained within 120 days of hire
- Successful completion of in-house training program
- Reside within 35 miles of Grandview, OH (1000 Yard Street, Grandview OH 43215)
- Work hybrid schedule (3 days in office, 2 days remote)
- Undergraduate degree in finance, sales, business, marketing, or related field
- Relevant sales, financial services, or high-volume outbound lead generation experience
- CRM discipline and ability to maintain records in Salesforce
Nationwide Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nationwide and has not been reviewed or approved by Nationwide.
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Retirement Support — Retirement package includes a company‑paid pension alongside a matched 401(k) and retiree‑medical support, offering uncommon long‑term security.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off spans a broad bank plus company holidays, a floating “Unity Day,” additional paid time for volunteering/blood donation, dedicated hours for unexpected events, and other leaves such as bereavement and foster‑care.
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Parental & Family Support — Family supports include extended paid time for birth mothers, separate paid parental or adoption leave for bonding, and employer‑provided backup care.
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